This document discusses visual impairment and provides information on identifying characteristics, common eye defects, and teaching strategies. Some key signs of visual impairment include rubbing eyes, watery eyes, holding objects close, and squinting. Common eye defects are short-sightedness, long-sightedness, and color blindness. Teaching strategies for visually impaired students include giving auditory inputs, having students sit in front, providing materials in large print or Braille, and motivating students to participate according to their ability.

1. Visual Impairment
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2. Identification
• Rubs the eyes extensively
• Watering of eyes
• Holds books / other objects
very close to the eyes
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3. • Always asks the peers when coping
the notes from blackboard.
• Blinks a lot.
• Bumps into objects things.
• Very sensitive to light and prefers to
be in dark places.
• Squinting to read from blackboard.
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4. Min defects of the eyes
• Short slightness – Cant see objects at a
distance, use spectacles with conclave
lenses
• Long slightness – hold object further
than normal to see clearly. use spectacles
with convex lenses
• Color blindness
• Blindness
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5. Characteristics
• Language Development
More motivated to use language than
sighted child as it is his main means of
communication.
• Intellectual Ability
could be less than sighted , Difficulty in
understanding spatial concept and distance
• Tactile –Very developed of sense of touch
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6. Characteristics
• Mobility- Varies according to the degree of
blindness , Mobility training is very important
• Academic Achievement –
• Slightly lower than normal students
• As visual experience do not present
achievement is low.
• Better as compared to hearing impaired
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7. Teaching Strategy
• Give more auditory inputs.
• Pronounce clearly with proper
intonation
• Make them sit in front
• Make them use textbook wit large
print
• Provide books in Braille
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8. • Provision for using magnifying glasses and
close circuit televisions.
• Motivate them to ask questions
• Give opportunity to participate according to
their ability and interest.
• Have positive attitude with love and attention.
• Audio cossets cd in the library
• Taking calculators tape recorders CAL
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9. Thank You
Prof Dnyaneshwar Darade
9822663307
dnyanvidya@gmail.com
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